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chris: when we come back, the big question of the week. president obama turned 49 this week. will his youth be a plus or minus when he runs next time? [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: welcome back. president obama turned 49 the other day. that brings us to this week's question. his youth won him the white house you could say, last i time. next time will it be a plus or a minus? >> i think a minus. a republican attack on obama is going to revolve around too liberal and also too ineconomy and the inexperience the republicans will try to hang around his neck, they're going to say look, you hired this guy who was too young and inexperienced for the job the >> i agree except nobody will care if you start getting real jobs creation in the next six months. >> i think still a plus. how you feel about a president, a youthful president w young ibf and children is still aheal -- appealing. >> historically, still appealing. but i think obama is a person and what got him elected the first time is still an overall plus. chris: and he'll campaign like heck. that's the show
chris: when we come back, the big question of the week. president obama turned 49 this week. will his youth be a plus or minus when he runs next time? [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris: welcome back. president obama turned 49 the other day. that brings us to this week's question. his youth won him the white house you could say, last i time. next time will it be a plus or a minus? >> i think a minus. a republican attack on obama is going to revolve around too liberal and...
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president obama gets ready to leave the d.c. and head out. >> this is barack obama's first bus tour of the 2012 campaign. >> he will defend his economic policies and bailout of automakers. the president will push the same message on the road as he is pushing on the airwaves, essentially saying -- >> you are deciding whether it my economic vision or mitt romney's economic commission is better for the country. >> republicans won't be far. former minnesota gov. tim pawlenty and louisiana gov. bobby jindal will be on the romney campaign bus in ohio and pennsylvania, and two gop senators slammed obama this week for not living up to promises on the economy and unemployment. that is the same message the republican national committee is sending an hopes will stick in the minds of the voters. the president will take care of business tomorrow when he signs a bill congress passed lowering student loan rates and funding transportation money. >> still ahead, a lifeguard fired for saving a life? it happened. first, folks in san francisco did
president obama gets ready to leave the d.c. and head out. >> this is barack obama's first bus tour of the 2012 campaign. >> he will defend his economic policies and bailout of automakers. the president will push the same message on the road as he is pushing on the airwaves, essentially saying -- >> you are deciding whether it my economic vision or mitt romney's economic commission is better for the country. >> republicans won't be far. former minnesota gov. tim pawlenty...
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we put it to the matthews meter, did president obama take control this week? it's close. seven say no but five say yes, he did grab control. two people here in the minority but they're here. and that's you and howard, norah. you believe he did grab control of events this week. >> look, i think the last two weeks have been very different. we saw the president spend an extended amount of time there in the gulf. then he was able to exact a heavy price from bp that actually will mean something to people on the gulf. it means they can get money, ken feinberg, who helped all of these families after 9/11 get millions and millions of dollars. people around the gulf can say oh, my god, i'm not going to go completely bankrupt. there are specific issues that people can see. chris: here's the whip around, you first, norm norah, this question, in his speech i noticed he said within the next several days or weeks, very soon, 90% of this will be capped. will he be accountable for that prom sniss >> absolutely. and that was one promise that made me very nervous because if the president c
we put it to the matthews meter, did president obama take control this week? it's close. seven say no but five say yes, he did grab control. two people here in the minority but they're here. and that's you and howard, norah. you believe he did grab control of events this week. >> look, i think the last two weeks have been very different. we saw the president spend an extended amount of time there in the gulf. then he was able to exact a heavy price from bp that actually will mean...
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us to this week's big question -- will barack obama down the road face a democratic challenger for 2012? bob woodward? >> i don't think so. who? chris: howard dean or this guy, russ feingold? >> you know, obama should be so lucky. chris: ok. katty kay. >> if obama has to compromise with republicans, obviously the more he does so, the more he will anger the base. the more liberals in the democratic party will say our values have been sold out and the more they will want somebody to challenge barack obama, whoever does so is probably on a losing wicket. chris: well said. >> yes, he will face a challenge. and when incumbent face challenges -- chris: they lose. >> as george w. bush learned, ross perot. chris: give me a name. >> feingold could or someone else from the left but i think he will face a challenge from the left. >> democrats hate an empty stage. they really do. and so i mean, it might be something like al sharpton will run for publicity but i don't think it will be a serious challenge. chris: thanks for the round table. the president loved what he heard. that's the show. thank yo
us to this week's big question -- will barack obama down the road face a democratic challenger for 2012? bob woodward? >> i don't think so. who? chris: howard dean or this guy, russ feingold? >> you know, obama should be so lucky. chris: ok. katty kay. >> if obama has to compromise with republicans, obviously the more he does so, the more he will anger the base. the more liberals in the democratic party will say our values have been sold out and the more they will want...
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chris: when we come back, the big question this week is president obama vulnerable to a challenger in 2012 from within hi own party? will the -- will a serious democrat take him on next time? be right back. chris: our big question this week w. barack obama's poll numbers still bouncing around below 50, is he vulnerable to a challenge in 2012 from within the democratic party? john heilman. >> i think -- i've thought for a while that if afghanistan goes south, that you could see an anti-war challenge to obama. who would that be? you could imagine someone like russ fein gold if he survives in the senate. and howard dean is always out there. the person who would be the strongest interparty challenger would be hillary clinton. and her big problem, if she so wanted to take such a run at him, is that she is deeplyism indicated in the afghanistan policy -- is that she is deeply in the afghanistan policy and hard to run from the left. >> not likely he will have a primary challenger. >> i don't see it. 2012 is a long way away but i don't see it now. >> it depends whether you think he is jimmy c
chris: when we come back, the big question this week is president obama vulnerable to a challenger in 2012 from within hi own party? will the -- will a serious democrat take him on next time? be right back. chris: our big question this week w. barack obama's poll numbers still bouncing around below 50, is he vulnerable to a challenge in 2012 from within the democratic party? john heilman. >> i think -- i've thought for a while that if afghanistan goes south, that you could see an anti-war...
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of the season. >> president obama will start the new week by twisting the arms of top bankers. it is an attempt to start convincing them to lend more than a bailout money given by taxpayers. more on the project economy reports from washington. >> president obama begins this week by twisting the arms of americans top bankers -- of america's top bankers. >> we need to let them know they have obligations to the country after all that has been done for them, and there's a lot they can do. >> the white house was convince credit was the key to economic recovery. small businesses across the nation are still struggling. they will not hire workers and cannot survive if banks do not back them up. >> the drying up of credit has had a tremendous impact on main street and a particularly big impact on jobs. >> the demonstration believes the recession is over and expects a bumped in jobs this spring. democrats are looking for new ways to not down double digit unemployment -- to knock down double-digit unemployment. the senate passed a trillion dollar spending plan with a 12% budget increase t
of the season. >> president obama will start the new week by twisting the arms of top bankers. it is an attempt to start convincing them to lend more than a bailout money given by taxpayers. more on the project economy reports from washington. >> president obama begins this week by twisting the arms of americans top bankers -- of america's top bankers. >> we need to let them know they have obligations to the country after all that has been done for them, and there's a lot they...
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social conservatives of the state, or still trying decide do they want to see face-off against president obama. >> one week before the south carolina primary, there is a showdown between mitt romney and the candidates vying to be the anti-romney. rick santorum, least his sharpest attack yet. >> there is a much better chance of winning those states and the executive from the bain capital. >> attacks forced to the front runner to soften his tone. >> i am concerned about our poor in this country. >> mitt romney has a 21% lead over ron paul and rick santorum. >> i am probably the most pro- capitalist individual in this state. >> south carolina social conservatives are still shopping around. jon huntsman is open to split the vote and it works to his advantage. >> i suspect we will do well here. >> i have a major announcement to make. >> stephen colbert is hinting he might throw his hat into the rain. although he has missed south carolina's filing deadline. >> coming up next, our russian spacecraft failed at its mission to mars. it is on its way back to a crash landing on earth. a desperate search f
social conservatives of the state, or still trying decide do they want to see face-off against president obama. >> one week before the south carolina primary, there is a showdown between mitt romney and the candidates vying to be the anti-romney. rick santorum, least his sharpest attack yet. >> there is a much better chance of winning those states and the executive from the bain capital. >> attacks forced to the front runner to soften his tone. >> i am concerned about...
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and three weeks ago letterman hosted president obama for a full hour. they talked policy. >> so men and women, american troops, coming out of iraq after a long, long difficult struggle, and now people are suggesting more and more american men and women going to afghanistan. what is that? >> well, first of all, i think that our troops are performing at an extraordinary level in both afghanistan and iraq. chris: gloria, what do we make of this? we have the hardest time figuring out this topic. here he is an entertainer, but there he is behind the desk, almost officially interviewing presidential candidates, carson interviewed martin luther king. they play an almost surrogate role for us as citizens. explain their role and why they seem to be above the kind of scrutiny that politicians get. >> well, they're kinds of, as you say, citizen interviewers. politicians like to go on those shows because they think it gives them an opportunity to show another side of themselves, other than the official side of themselves, and they can talk to people in a different
and three weeks ago letterman hosted president obama for a full hour. they talked policy. >> so men and women, american troops, coming out of iraq after a long, long difficult struggle, and now people are suggesting more and more american men and women going to afghanistan. what is that? >> well, first of all, i think that our troops are performing at an extraordinary level in both afghanistan and iraq. chris: gloria, what do we make of this? we have the hardest time figuring out...
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chris: in the obama-romney sports face-off this week, it looks silly. obama looked too sporting at the nascar 500. obama used an espn interview to advantage for him and give him a chance of hosting nba all-stars like chris paul at the white house. >> for my 49th birthday, i had my own little all-star game here. >> i wasn't invited. >> you weren't, maybe next time. chris was one of the guys who played. i did a little crossover on him. he claims that he could have stolen the ball. everybody who was there knows that's not true. chris: so obama won the sports face-off, but then there are the late night shows, those appearances are to make serious guys seem normal, even funny, but are tough do well. four years ago obama tried his hand at david letterman's top 10. >> number eight. >> appoint mitt romney as secretary of looking good. >> yes, sir. wow. chris: then a year ago it was mitt romney's turn and it was this funny coincidence. >> i'm the guy in the photo that comes in your picture frame. >> that's right. that's where i have seen you. chris: it was on hi
chris: in the obama-romney sports face-off this week, it looks silly. obama looked too sporting at the nascar 500. obama used an espn interview to advantage for him and give him a chance of hosting nba all-stars like chris paul at the white house. >> for my 49th birthday, i had my own little all-star game here. >> i wasn't invited. >> you weren't, maybe next time. chris was one of the guys who played. i did a little crossover on him. he claims that he could have stolen the...
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. >> on early morning medical checkup and in bill of good health for president obama. this week, he is unveiling in. -- and dealing anda last-ditch plan republicans say that americans want congress to start over. >> so this is really the democratic majority and, in an arrogant way, saying that we are smarter than you are, americans. >> democrats can win this race by using a controversial maneuver. >> the bill can be bipartisan, even though the votes may not be bipartisan, because they have made their imprint on this. >> before the democrats can go it alone, they have to convince members of their own party to risk the wrath of voters in this election year. >> it was a fairly nice day today. it is a little on the breezy side. we are still dealing with the remnants of this big coastal storm. it is now pulling away, but the last of the snow is over the area. the most significant ones are out to the west. there are a couple of flurries and some sprinkles moving into virginia. we will take a respite from a threat of snow for a day or so this week before the next storm comes
. >> on early morning medical checkup and in bill of good health for president obama. this week, he is unveiling in. -- and dealing anda last-ditch plan republicans say that americans want congress to start over. >> so this is really the democratic majority and, in an arrogant way, saying that we are smarter than you are, americans. >> democrats can win this race by using a controversial maneuver. >> the bill can be bipartisan, even though the votes may not be...
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. >> executives from 12 of the nation's biggest banks will meet with president obama next week. citigroup, goldman sachs, jpmorgan chase are among the banks that will participate. table talk about industry regulations and small-business lending. on capitol hill, it will look at toughening rules on wall street. there is a fund that would prevent taxpayers from having to fund some of these bailouts. a slightly higher start to things today. he stopped upgrades. concern about the debt and the fault overseas. costco says its first quarter earnings rose. gasoline sales helping to boost revenue there. they will discuss this in more detail. we will get the quarterly results from a maryland based cigna corp.. reporting for wbal tv. >> thanks. >>the transportation security administration is scrambling to explain how sensitive security information ended up on the internet. our reporter is live outside of the airport with more on the -- story. >> most passengers to not give the airport screening process is second thought. >> what the bad guys are looking for as far as trying to get informat
. >> executives from 12 of the nation's biggest banks will meet with president obama next week. citigroup, goldman sachs, jpmorgan chase are among the banks that will participate. table talk about industry regulations and small-business lending. on capitol hill, it will look at toughening rules on wall street. there is a fund that would prevent taxpayers from having to fund some of these bailouts. a slightly higher start to things today. he stopped upgrades. concern about the debt and the...
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barack obama's battle could climax this week. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. >>> well, house speaker nancy pelosi is reportedly considering a controversial alternative to finding enough votes to pass health care reform. reports say pelosi is mulling a strategy called deem and pass which would allow the house to avoid actually having to vote on the senate bill. instead, the house would deem the senate bill passed then only vote on parts of the senate bill they want revised. using the tactic, house members would avoid having to vote in favor of controversial provisions in the senate bill, such as abortion language. now the tactic has never been used to pass legislation of this magnitude. and some critics question its constitutionality. >>> elsewhere, mother nature is continuing to wreak havoc across much of the nation. in the northeast yesterday, relentless rain and high winds pounded the area for a third straight day. due to the massive flooding, loss of power, and closed roads, the governors of massachusetts, connect
barack obama's battle could climax this week. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. >>> well, house speaker nancy pelosi is reportedly considering a controversial alternative to finding enough votes to pass health care reform. reports say pelosi is mulling a strategy called deem and pass which would allow the house to avoid actually having to vote on the senate bill. instead, the house would deem the senate bill passed then only vote on parts of the senate bill they want revised....
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aides say president obama this week will reveal his next step on health care reform. >> and we're looking at your area roadways. so far running smoothly. we'll get you up to date. [captioning made possible by constellation energy] captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- >> a quiet morning as we leave february and its blizzards behind. but it's more snow marching in get it you? >> we hope
aides say president obama this week will reveal his next step on health care reform. >> and we're looking at your area roadways. so far running smoothly. we'll get you up to date. [captioning made possible by constellation energy] captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- >> a quiet morning as we leave february and its blizzards behind. but it's more snow marching in get it you? >> we hope
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i will take my lumps. >> this past week, president obama adopted a notably tougher tone, and he may need it. >> the fundamental assumptions, the priorities of this white house, have just been thrown into a trash can in the last week. >> democrats lost what seemed like a guaranteed senate seat in massachusetts, and with it with that 60 vote majority needed to pass health care. more than half of voters now oppose health care reform, and the same number believe the nation is on the wrong track. republicans are seizing the opportunity. >> this is what happens when government overreaches and stop listening to the people. >> republicans are focusing on the struggling economy, 10% unemployment, and the trillions in stimulus spending that has yet to yield big results. >> right now, this is as serious as a heart attack for democrats, and the question is, do they change their strategy and priorities now while they still can, or just keep plowing ahead? >> the president spent his day on the telephone trying to get ben bernanke confirmed as fed chairman. >> marilyn's unemployment rate inched up from
i will take my lumps. >> this past week, president obama adopted a notably tougher tone, and he may need it. >> the fundamental assumptions, the priorities of this white house, have just been thrown into a trash can in the last week. >> democrats lost what seemed like a guaranteed senate seat in massachusetts, and with it with that 60 vote majority needed to pass health care. more than half of voters now oppose health care reform, and the same number believe the nation is on...
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one of the judges took issue with some of what president obama said this week at the white house about the big health care case in the hands of the supreme court. our justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> the political controversy spilled into a texas federal court where the rules are designed to pilter out politics, interrupting arguments about a challenge to part of the obama health care law. jerry smith put a justice department lawyer on the spot yesterday about a comment earlier this week from president obama. >> i'm referring to statements by the president in the past few days the effect, and i'm sure you have heard about them, that it is somehow inappropriate for what he terms unelected judges to strike acts of congress. >> on monday, asked about protections that the supreme court might strike down the health care law, he used terms normally invoiked by conservatives to attack decisions they doinlt like. >> for years, we heard the biggest problem on the bench is judicial activism or a lack of judicialal restraint. an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a d
one of the judges took issue with some of what president obama said this week at the white house about the big health care case in the hands of the supreme court. our justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> the political controversy spilled into a texas federal court where the rules are designed to pilter out politics, interrupting arguments about a challenge to part of the obama health care law. jerry smith put a justice department lawyer on the spot yesterday about a comment...
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chris: when we come back, barack obama is off to asia this coming week. he's still hugely popular abroad but for some, that popularity overseas is a sore point with four out of five re publicans. plus scoops and predictions from the notebooks of these top reporters. we'll be right back. >> one of the things i noned do as president is to re-- i intend to do as president is to restore america's standing in the world. we are less respected now than we were eight years ago or even four years ago. chris: welcome back. that was a key obama promise in the 2008 presidential campaign. it was there in a debate with john mccain. president obama takes off for indonesia and australia, the first big foreign trip this year and takes obama back to the country where he spent several years as a child. obama's -- on the foreign trips, showed his enormous popularity abroad. but here at home, a recent nbc poll showed obama's popularity overseas is not so admired by republicans. and asked about how the president represents the united states abroad, 80% of democrats are positiv
chris: when we come back, barack obama is off to asia this coming week. he's still hugely popular abroad but for some, that popularity overseas is a sore point with four out of five re publicans. plus scoops and predictions from the notebooks of these top reporters. we'll be right back. >> one of the things i noned do as president is to re-- i intend to do as president is to restore america's standing in the world. we are less respected now than we were eight years ago or even four years...
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this week romney again said obama has failed as president. this week's big question -- for whom is it more dangerous to go totally negative? >> they're both doing it. chris: who is going to look worse doing it? >> i think it's not going to matter. chris: a wash? >> i agree. maybe a slighter bigger risk for obama because romney we've seen going negative already in the primary. it's worse for obama. i think he would be shooting down. chris: that's a nixon reference, by the way. always be shooting up. >> exactly. >> they're both going to need to do it but it won't matter that much but it is more dangerous for obama because his record matters more. chris: they should run on their records the thank you to the round table, michael duffy, records the thank you to the round table, michael duffy, patricia murphy,
this week romney again said obama has failed as president. this week's big question -- for whom is it more dangerous to go totally negative? >> they're both doing it. chris: who is going to look worse doing it? >> i think it's not going to matter. chris: a wash? >> i agree. maybe a slighter bigger risk for obama because romney we've seen going negative already in the primary. it's worse for obama. i think he would be shooting down. chris: that's a nixon reference, by the way....
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this week george w. bush actually beat barack obama in a theoretical poll. then the water may be safe for jeb. on the christian conservative bracket side, mike huckabee is running but sarah palin polls best among republican voters. in a new "vanity fair" article, in july, the quarterly filing by palin's p.a.c. revealed a foormedable war chest and hefty investments in this fundraising and direct mail. the hottest part, the glenn beck part of the party. you have huckabee out there. pagen boub the star, right? >> she is the star already. i was down at the southern republican leadership conference meeting in new orleans, which is the base of the modern christian evangel cal republican party. haley barbour, who's from next door, was a blip on the radar screen. it was all about sarah palin and everything she did there, including handing out souvenir moose meat beach jerky for everyone showed me she's runnorg f president. it looks like she's running. >> that's a sign you're running for president, if you hand out moose meat. >> if you're from alaska. chris: you've s
this week george w. bush actually beat barack obama in a theoretical poll. then the water may be safe for jeb. on the christian conservative bracket side, mike huckabee is running but sarah palin polls best among republican voters. in a new "vanity fair" article, in july, the quarterly filing by palin's p.a.c. revealed a foormedable war chest and hefty investments in this fundraising and direct mail. the hottest part, the glenn beck part of the party. you have huckabee out there....
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>> reporter: next week, president obama turns back to his domestic agenda. he'll head to the west coast to sell his jobs plan. he'll also attend several fundraisers. analysts say he is also in campaign mode. lester? >> kristen, thank you. >>> a somewhat bizarre episode today at the occupy wall street protests in new york. for several hours a protestor from canada perch himself on a sculpture in the park that has been home base of the movement. police got him down after several hours and arrested him. and the protest continued overseas as well. in germany estimated 4,000 people marched today in frankfurt, protesting the power of banks in that financial capital >>> in spain, thousands of striking teachers marched through madrid saying their hopes for the future were never so gloomy. and in iran where state television has given heavy coverage to the occupy wall street movement, dozens of students picked up on the theme today in one more protest against capitalism and america. >>> in africa tonight, the u.s. embassy in kenya is warning of a possible imminent ter
>> reporter: next week, president obama turns back to his domestic agenda. he'll head to the west coast to sell his jobs plan. he'll also attend several fundraisers. analysts say he is also in campaign mode. lester? >> kristen, thank you. >>> a somewhat bizarre episode today at the occupy wall street protests in new york. for several hours a protestor from canada perch himself on a sculpture in the park that has been home base of the movement. police got him down after...
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last week we asked our roundtable what their toughest question would be for president obama. this week's big question, what is your toughest question for mitt romney. bob woodward. >> i would ask, i would say you spent all of these years accumulating all of this money. why, tell us why this personal wealth is so important to you. >> good question. chris: take my breath away. katty kay. >> governor romney, how do you account for the fact that so many americans don't seem to know what you stand for? >> governor romney, many presidents are judged by how they perform in a moment of crisis. you have displayed at times an inability to perform in the moment. how could you assure voters you would have the demeanor for the office? chris: joe klein. >> governor romney, why do you continual misrepresent president obama's position on middle east peace? why do you never say that he favors a return to 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps? chris: with that, strong endorsement, admonition, i should say. we are knowing go to have some cake. 10th anniversary, and katty kay has agr
last week we asked our roundtable what their toughest question would be for president obama. this week's big question, what is your toughest question for mitt romney. bob woodward. >> i would ask, i would say you spent all of these years accumulating all of this money. why, tell us why this personal wealth is so important to you. >> good question. chris: take my breath away. katty kay. >> governor romney, how do you account for the fact that so many americans don't seem to...
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president obama this week backing a proposal to limit the size of the nation's bank in scope, in size, basically putting some clamp and limitation on their risk-taking activity. do you think that's a good idea? >> this is a brand-new thing. let me just maybe talk about the big picture here. we need to increase confidence in the financial system. we need to give the average american the view that the system works for them. that they will be treated fairly, but they'll also have access to credit for student loans, home loans, new business loans, credit card, whatever it might be. and we need to ensure the safety and soundness of our financial system so we don't go through another crisis of the sort that we've had recently. right? so that we can regard the financial system as not only the foundation of our economy but also something that will help all of us prosper. to the extent that the proposal gets at those problems or issues and isn't about politics, then it's something i think makes a lot of sense. >> one issue out there is that if you've got the -- and i know you're all over the w
president obama this week backing a proposal to limit the size of the nation's bank in scope, in size, basically putting some clamp and limitation on their risk-taking activity. do you think that's a good idea? >> this is a brand-new thing. let me just maybe talk about the big picture here. we need to increase confidence in the financial system. we need to give the average american the view that the system works for them. that they will be treated fairly, but they'll also have access to...
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president obama this week took credit for halting the slide. >> we provide assistance that has saved the jobs of tens of thousands of workers providing essential services like teachers and police. >> the president and the fed said warning signs remain. job cuts continued. 1800 of them ahead at a health- care giant kaiser parikh that is a response to so many layoffs elsewhere, that have left your people on the hospitals will spirit record for posters expected in july. the numbers out today. >> the combination of the residual effect of that mortgage practices and now the unemployment spiked it entered into record high levels. >> also today, retail sales figures out. how much americans are buying in tough times. >> especially with the recession, you have to be tight with your budget. >> many areas offering tax-free shopping days to spur sales. macy's reports its outlook is improving. less luck for las vegas. the number of visitors has fallen for 13 straight months. fewer people these days in a gambling mood. some warrick of washington giving out easy money, then the odds, and still no n
president obama this week took credit for halting the slide. >> we provide assistance that has saved the jobs of tens of thousands of workers providing essential services like teachers and police. >> the president and the fed said warning signs remain. job cuts continued. 1800 of them ahead at a health- care giant kaiser parikh that is a response to so many layoffs elsewhere, that have left your people on the hospitals will spirit record for posters expected in july. the numbers out...
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barack obama this week came before america as the most popular kid in class. but he hasn't wooed everyonement republicans seem bent on jamming him on all fronts and off to a quick start. stalling the president's pentagon choice. who's got it about america, him or them? back on march. market on a tear, way up at 14,000. but that schedule add cross-the-board spending cut that seems unthinkable is now assumed. seriously, are we looking at first of march calamity? finally, guns and race. half of white men in america own guns. do you believe it? barack obama lost two-thirds of white men who didn't go to college, first wipeout since walter mondale lost 49 states to 1. can the president ever crack through that? hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today presidential historian michael beschloss. cook political report amy walter. "the washington post's" henderson and "the new york times"'s david henderhard. have the republicans turn turned up the heat on barack obama now even before he won re-election? we saw in there temporary the defeat of chuck hagel
barack obama this week came before america as the most popular kid in class. but he hasn't wooed everyonement republicans seem bent on jamming him on all fronts and off to a quick start. stalling the president's pentagon choice. who's got it about america, him or them? back on march. market on a tear, way up at 14,000. but that schedule add cross-the-board spending cut that seems unthinkable is now assumed. seriously, are we looking at first of march calamity? finally, guns and race. half of...
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two gop senators slammed obama this week for not living up to the promises he's made on the economy and unemployment. that is the same message the republican national committee is sending and hoping will stick in the minds of voters. the president will take care of some official business tomorrow when he signs into law a bill congress passed authorizing lower student loan rates and transportation money. >> will looking ahead to the june jobs report which could have a big impact on that race -- we are looking ahead. >> a weak report would be problematic for obama's campaign. abouthearing questions the questions about the manufacturing report. a lot of economic questions should be answered tomorrow morning and we'll talk more about that than. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >> husbands, close your ears. we'll tell what the cost of an average woman's wardrobe closet. >> dozens of train cars go plummeting over a bridge in illinois. >> yesterday we celebrated a holiday. many people still on vacation. it is a busy day for animal shelters. >> the water main break on york road still causing some
two gop senators slammed obama this week for not living up to the promises he's made on the economy and unemployment. that is the same message the republican national committee is sending and hoping will stick in the minds of voters. the president will take care of some official business tomorrow when he signs into law a bill congress passed authorizing lower student loan rates and transportation money. >> will looking ahead to the june jobs report which could have a big impact on that...
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week been playing this game for three and a half years now. ever since obama was inaugurated. but at the same time i'm going to be interested to see how these candidates, who are playing so far to the base, are going to be able to walk that line when the general comes anded a ath the end of the day this country is not that far to the right. you're still going to have to be able to -- chris: most voters are women. >> as a woman watching it it is sort of fem that we're having interest this debate. you mention the 1950's. every now and again there are times where it seems to me that america is slightly on a different page from the rest of the world. usually it's been over the middle east. but this time i've been watching some of the debates this -- recently, and it really has been this idea that we're having a 1950's debate? seriously? about access to birth control, when america faces huge challenges, the rice of china, unemployment, the potential for a global recession. we're talking about access to birth control? that's not what voters want to hear about. i think that's the di
week been playing this game for three and a half years now. ever since obama was inaugurated. but at the same time i'm going to be interested to see how these candidates, who are playing so far to the base, are going to be able to walk that line when the general comes anded a ath the end of the day this country is not that far to the right. you're still going to have to be able to -- chris: most voters are women. >> as a woman watching it it is sort of fem that we're having interest this...
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a new martha's vineyard with family, president obama this week takes a time-out in a tough summer. his healthcare drive is under fire in new tv ads. >> mr. president, when you go back to d.c., drop your government-run public option plan. >> knowing a public option is important. >> the president has said he still backs government insurance as part of reform. >> yes, we are considering alternatives. >> now liberal democrats who agree are using a special tactic in the senate. it would let them pass a healthcare bill with a simple majority, not the usual 60 votes. republicans are girding for bafplgts >> that would be an abuse of the process. >> on another front for the president, afghanistan. results of last week's election, incumbent hamid karzai versus challenger abdullah abdullah, will be made public tuesday. there are growing claims of vote rigging. that means new political trouble on top of security threats as u.s. forces enter a ninth year of war. >> afghanistan is very vulnerable in terms of taliban and extremists taking over again, and i don't think that threat's going to go aw
a new martha's vineyard with family, president obama this week takes a time-out in a tough summer. his healthcare drive is under fire in new tv ads. >> mr. president, when you go back to d.c., drop your government-run public option plan. >> knowing a public option is important. >> the president has said he still backs government insurance as part of reform. >> yes, we are considering alternatives. >> now liberal democrats who agree are using a special tactic in the...
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chris: the big question this week, obama met behind closed doors with the prime minister of israel. be right back. chs:ri welcome back. this week presidentma oba and israeli primeis minter benjamin netanyahu held night meetings. obama believes israel's restraint can bring a solution. kelly? >> yes. so he can tell the arab world that he's doing it so he can cut deals to fence in iran. >> i totally agree that and maybe as you were suggesting, when we were chatting that maybe he's waiting if netanyahu to go. chris: it's all part of a plan to get the iranians. >> yes. and it's the next follow-up to the cairo speech. this goes back a year. netanyahu poked him in the eye and got away with it. and now revenge is a best dish served cold. chris: an italian
chris: the big question this week, obama met behind closed doors with the prime minister of israel. be right back. chs:ri welcome back. this week presidentma oba and israeli primeis minter benjamin netanyahu held night meetings. obama believes israel's restraint can bring a solution. kelly? >> yes. so he can tell the arab world that he's doing it so he can cut deals to fence in iran. >> i totally agree that and maybe as you were suggesting, when we were chatting that maybe he's...
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president obama is back in washington with a very busy week on top. kate amara joins us with a look ahead. good morning. >> this week, president obama will focus on foreign policy, the economy, and saluting our troops for their service. president obama back in washington with a busy week ahead, tackling war and peace. on the day u.s. combat theations and in rocraq, president will address the country. >> we partner with the counter terrorism missions and protect our military efforts. >> the president will also look to broker peace in the middle east, bringing leaders back to the negotiating table. another focus -- the economy. several key reports are expected this week, including august unemployment numbers. the outlook is not good. >> the economy is in a bad spot. it is decelerating. >> in an interview, the president said the economy is expanding, just not fast enough. his administration anticipated this latest batch of bleak economic data. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> is there anything more you can see about the schedule later this week? >> tuesda
president obama is back in washington with a very busy week on top. kate amara joins us with a look ahead. good morning. >> this week, president obama will focus on foreign policy, the economy, and saluting our troops for their service. president obama back in washington with a busy week ahead, tackling war and peace. on the day u.s. combat theations and in rocraq, president will address the country. >> we partner with the counter terrorism missions and protect our military efforts....
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corporate america had a strong message for president obama this week. ceos of a dozen of america's largest companies met with the president and warned that washington must reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. the president also sat down with congressional leaders and officially began negotiations. if congress doesn't act taxes on income, dividends and estates will go up and spending cuts will kick in january 1st. this week, i spoke to allen simpson ander skis bowl subpoeimpson anders skin bowls. >> you can't spend or grow your way out of. this grab hold it will be a rocky road. >> you say closing the loopholes alone brings a trillion. >> if you are willing to wipe out all of them and that may not be feasible but you can broaden the base, simplifying the code. >> you are worried we are not going to get a deal. that is how i felt. >> i think there is one-third probability we will get a probability in lame duck and one third we will go over the cliff and reach a deal right afterwards but there is a one-third chance that we won't and we will end up in ch
corporate america had a strong message for president obama this week. ceos of a dozen of america's largest companies met with the president and warned that washington must reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. the president also sat down with congressional leaders and officially began negotiations. if congress doesn't act taxes on income, dividends and estates will go up and spending cuts will kick in january 1st. this week, i spoke to allen simpson ander skis bowl subpoeimpson anders skin...
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president obama announced last week that he supports a same-sex marriages. a college graduate got more than just her degree. she got hurt marriage proposal. they met on the first week of school of their freshman year. the rest is history. the family urged them to wait until the had their diplomas to get engaged. so he waited. about one minute. they are pursuing jobs in the d.c. area. still ahead on 11 news at noon, a warning about the dangers of baby bottles. plus, some bargains are available. the details next. >> cool and rainy weather over the mid atlantic. we will talk about when it will finally warm up and dry out. hard to see through the rain dr t >> it has been a big week for the catholic community. he will officially become the 16th archbishop of baltimore. shortly after receiving his appointment, the archbishop will express his goals for the catholic church in baltimore. >> part of my life is the priesthood. it is preaching the gospel. it is being with the sick, hearing confessions. those are the things that bring me the greatest joy. of those are th
president obama announced last week that he supports a same-sex marriages. a college graduate got more than just her degree. she got hurt marriage proposal. they met on the first week of school of their freshman year. the rest is history. the family urged them to wait until the had their diplomas to get engaged. so he waited. about one minute. they are pursuing jobs in the d.c. area. still ahead on 11 news at noon, a warning about the dangers of baby bottles. plus, some bargains are available....
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president obama pleaded for respect this week. >> i have to say that sometimes we talk about respect, but we don't act with respect toward each other during the course of these debates. >> polls showed 96% of republican voters say they have negative feelings about the president as a person, has a human being. that animosity may be hard to republican candidates to control. take a look at the difference how between how john mccain handled it four years ago and what rick santorum did or didn't do two weeks ago in south carolina. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him. he is an eric snow. >> no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am. he is a dessert family man, citizen. >> he is a devout muslim. my question is why isn't something being done to get him out of the government? he has no legal right to be calling himself president. >> well, i am doing my best to try to get him out of there. >> there he is cheering it on instead of stopping. she made two inaccurate statements. no right to be president? even a muslim has a right to be president, and he let it go. >> you are going to see more of tha
president obama pleaded for respect this week. >> i have to say that sometimes we talk about respect, but we don't act with respect toward each other during the course of these debates. >> polls showed 96% of republican voters say they have negative feelings about the president as a person, has a human being. that animosity may be hard to republican candidates to control. take a look at the difference how between how john mccain handled it four years ago and what rick santorum did...
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onstage next week? and he said, quote, when you're not that bright, you can't get better prepared. mitt romney was aggressive but polite. that was a civil debate. this is not, i have to believe what mitt romney wants to be representing himself. >> let's hope not but john sununu said a few weeks ago barack obama was not a true american. he says these things. he will say whatever he thinks. >> it also fits into the grander picture, what you're seeing among conservative commentators now is this whole emperor has new clothes, has no clothes thing and the whole teleprompter from the last four years. they actually believe this guy isn't intelligent, which is crazy or it is bigoted. chris: i think it sounded ugly, i'll put it that way. your thoughts? >> i won't speak for all conservative commentators. chris: you don't have to. >> you certainly can make an argument and conservatives have been making an argument especially where foreign policy is concerned the administration has been incompetent. i don't take is
onstage next week? and he said, quote, when you're not that bright, you can't get better prepared. mitt romney was aggressive but polite. that was a civil debate. this is not, i have to believe what mitt romney wants to be representing himself. >> let's hope not but john sununu said a few weeks ago barack obama was not a true american. he says these things. he will say whatever he thinks. >> it also fits into the grander picture, what you're seeing among conservative commentators...
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has the latest project economy report from washington. >> one year ago this week, barack obama was elected president in a nation tumbling into financial abyss. he argued without the stimulus, the economy could be much worse. >> it is easy to forget that only a few weeks ago, the economy was shrinking, and economists fiers a depression. >> the report was recently that the economy grow over 3% -- and economists afeard a depression -- feared a depression. the unemployment is at 9.8%, and it could top 10 percent said this week with the latest jobs report -- it could top 10% this week. >> where are the jobs? >> republicans are scoffing at the claims by the democrats and the president of jobs being saved or created. treasury secretary timothy geithner predicts a choppy recovery. >> this is a very tough economy. it has only been three months of positive growth. it will take time for unemployment to come down and for jobs to be created again. >> he said the stimulus is just trying to show results. he says is too early to determine if more government spending will be needed. he says the president d
has the latest project economy report from washington. >> one year ago this week, barack obama was elected president in a nation tumbling into financial abyss. he argued without the stimulus, the economy could be much worse. >> it is easy to forget that only a few weeks ago, the economy was shrinking, and economists fiers a depression. >> the report was recently that the economy grow over 3% -- and economists afeard a depression -- feared a depression. the unemployment is at...
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in a commitment 2012, expect a big ad blitz from the obama campaign this week. he officially kicked off his campaign in rallies -- with rallies in two swing to states. >> of president obama kicked off campaign 2012 with two big rallies in ohio and virginia. >> 13,000 is 11,000 more than the largest crowd then mitt romney has never drawn. >> mitt romney was a clear target. >> he seriously believes that if investors i can make money, the rest of us will automatically prosper as well. >> the president favors civil unions. his running mate when they step further, favoring gay marriage. >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men married men, women and married women, heterosexual, for all entitled the same rights. >> mitt romney has a decision to make about who will share the republican ticket. gingrich's? >> i cannot imagine it. you have known me for years. would you pick me? >> i will not discuss the vice president said. >> new hampshires? >> i have some would say better experience than barack obama when he ran. >> romney has not yet made a choice. at lea
in a commitment 2012, expect a big ad blitz from the obama campaign this week. he officially kicked off his campaign in rallies -- with rallies in two swing to states. >> of president obama kicked off campaign 2012 with two big rallies in ohio and virginia. >> 13,000 is 11,000 more than the largest crowd then mitt romney has never drawn. >> mitt romney was a clear target. >> he seriously believes that if investors i can make money, the rest of us will automatically...
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soon move in boehner's direction, after another week or so of brinksmanship, we will see obama say, hey, look, i'm coming forward with entitlement cuts that i'm willing to propose publicly. chris: i got to check this. would you confirm that? you know these people. >> all of the components of the deal are there. when people ask me why did conditioning leave town? because the people who matter in the deal stayed in town. all the various members of congress could go home, it gets them out of the way and deal talking can go on. the brinksmanship is political theater and necessary in the process. chris: both pretend they're willing to go over? >> to both show resistance and then incrementally get towards -- chris: you covered the greek situation and watched the hell that went on over there. give me a picture of that and where we're headed if we don't deal in the short run with the debt problem and the cliff and later on, what do we face in this country? >> greece is a perfect example when you continue to borrow from the future, which is what we're doing right now. so if you don't deal wi
soon move in boehner's direction, after another week or so of brinksmanship, we will see obama say, hey, look, i'm coming forward with entitlement cuts that i'm willing to propose publicly. chris: i got to check this. would you confirm that? you know these people. >> all of the components of the deal are there. when people ask me why did conditioning leave town? because the people who matter in the deal stayed in town. all the various members of congress could go home, it gets them out of...
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this week he asked people to shut their ears. we put it through the matthews meter saying should obama work around the 24/7 conservative cable and blogs or try to cool them down? seven say work around it. five say try to cool it down. norah, how do you cool down glenn beck? >> there are deferent parts of the cable/tv chatter. i'm not sure that he can cool down glenn beck. but i do think that he can continue to use like what he did with the republicans in that retreat which gains air on television and use that to make his point. the white house can recognize that cable television is fueled by what's on the blogs and the internet and they can work aren't around through them to try to cool that chatter. chris: that's your view. go around him. >> you use your own skills. chris: we can't work around them. >> this assumes, however that the only game in town is fox. there are two other cable channels. >> yes, there are. cnn and msnbc. >> that's a good advertisement for the network we all love. hett's talk about the bottom line -- knowin
this week he asked people to shut their ears. we put it through the matthews meter saying should obama work around the 24/7 conservative cable and blogs or try to cool them down? seven say work around it. five say try to cool it down. norah, how do you cool down glenn beck? >> there are deferent parts of the cable/tv chatter. i'm not sure that he can cool down glenn beck. but i do think that he can continue to use like what he did with the republicans in that retreat which gains air on...
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. >> from miami to massachusetts to mtv, president obama this week on a cross-country run to the campaign finish. >> it was a violent weekend in the area. i'm kim dacey. i've got details in a live report. >> and we're checking on your morning commute right now. a couple of water main breaks with some closures related to them. them. we'll update that and more. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good monday morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> meteorologist tony pann has a check of the forecast. beautiful weekend. >> oh, yes. >> sunshine, temperatures in the 70's. today we're going to turn up the heat a little b
. >> from miami to massachusetts to mtv, president obama this week on a cross-country run to the campaign finish. >> it was a violent weekend in the area. i'm kim dacey. i've got details in a live report. >> and we're checking on your morning commute right now. a couple of water main breaks with some closures related to them. them. we'll update that and more. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids...
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you go out to obama campaign events and still see just last week in north carolina, 10,000 people in raleigh, north carolina, at just a jobs plan. you don't see that when you go to a republican campaign. >> here's the problem, you have got alienated independent voters. and this president has to convince these voters that the democratic party is -- believes more of what they believe than the republican party believed. that's kind of the key part because right now they're persuadable one way or another. >> they believe republicans have been more obstructionists than obama. they do. chris: will the president look better on the stump, get back, he's down to 39 in some states like florida, can he move back towards 50 the next couple of weeks and months by being a campaigner in chief rather than uniter in chief? >> i think he does look better with an angry message. it's tough. but i don't think it answers major problem that people are concerned about jobs, whether they're rich, poor or middle class. chris: good question. does he look better the next couple months, related to harry truman?
you go out to obama campaign events and still see just last week in north carolina, 10,000 people in raleigh, north carolina, at just a jobs plan. you don't see that when you go to a republican campaign. >> here's the problem, you have got alienated independent voters. and this president has to convince these voters that the democratic party is -- believes more of what they believe than the republican party believed. that's kind of the key part because right now they're persuadable one...
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his goal is to put out an obama-backed senate plan next week. >> the mayor joined mayors and celebrities to jump start the i participate program that officially jims . if you have questions for the mayor, send them in. send your questions to sunday questions at wbal tv.com. >> good news on one accident. south bound on north avenue, we do have more information. south bound on the harrisburg express way. an overturned vehicle will the outer loop getting reports of information there. looking at some westside delayed falling into place. south bound president closed. between kwon way and charles and light. a quick look at traffic, a slow down heading to the park east. over to you. >> the heaviest rains east of us. there's the latest radar. down in the an a did you knowed al some pretty good rains at this point in the game. rains will be heaviest. it should be more showery. more on the forecast coming up. >> the time now, 6:38. 57 degrees on tv hill. coming up -- may soem at first like this teen is just monkeying around. in reality he's cashing in on his unique talent enter. >> we are stim tak
his goal is to put out an obama-backed senate plan next week. >> the mayor joined mayors and celebrities to jump start the i participate program that officially jims . if you have questions for the mayor, send them in. send your questions to sunday questions at wbal tv.com. >> good news on one accident. south bound on north avenue, we do have more information. south bound on the harrisburg express way. an overturned vehicle will the outer loop getting reports of information there....
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in his speech this week in tucson and in his deals with republicans in december, president obama disengaged, some say, trining lated from the left, which brings us to our big question this week -- how is the left wing of the democratic party going to react to the president distancing himself from them? andrew? >> with any luck they'll understand that he has pursued a consistent strategy to try and be president of both americas. and this is no different. what this week did was,i think, prove the wisdom of that strategy. if he had been a partisan lefty for the last two years, bashing them, as paul krugman wanted him to do, he wouldn't have had the standing to do what he did that week. >> the argument willing be made that there was -- will be made that there was a lot done for the left and time to gear up for the election and time for the left to fall in line. chris: and they'll buy it? >> probably. >> if you look at the polls, 70% of self-identified liberals say they approve of barack obama. so actually, he's got a problem with the vocal left and the left of the left. but i think a lot of lib
in his speech this week in tucson and in his deals with republicans in december, president obama disengaged, some say, trining lated from the left, which brings us to our big question this week -- how is the left wing of the democratic party going to react to the president distancing himself from them? andrew? >> with any luck they'll understand that he has pursued a consistent strategy to try and be president of both americas. and this is no different. what this week did was,i think,...
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police have not said what may have prompted that attack. >> president obama this week brings a mix of fun and work. for starters, there's the annual white house easter egg roll. and then opening day for baseball, the objects issue, ad on a more serious topic, nuclear disarmament. brook hart has more details from washington. >> leaving for church easter sunday, the first family took in the cherry blossoms on their way to ward eight, a neighborhood with 28% unemployment. a mass shooting just last week. >> wasn't even the president in the building. he was just obama and michelle. that was a blessing today. >> as the president prayed, senate republicans went after him on jobs. new data showing employers hiring but a high jobless rate not budging. >> as it turns out, we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars to very little effect. >> behind the numbers, officials say is a growing number of people looking for work and hopeful. >> as conditions get better, more people decide to look for work and are counted as in the labor force so sometimes it's frustrating, and the progress doesn't sho
police have not said what may have prompted that attack. >> president obama this week brings a mix of fun and work. for starters, there's the annual white house easter egg roll. and then opening day for baseball, the objects issue, ad on a more serious topic, nuclear disarmament. brook hart has more details from washington. >> leaving for church easter sunday, the first family took in the cherry blossoms on their way to ward eight, a neighborhood with 28% unemployment. a mass...
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do you think president obama needs to change his message in this week's state of the union address? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> turning to sports now. after trading to the astros, the orioles are bringing miguel tejada back to baltimore. the deal was announced saturday. that was welcomed news for those attending fanfest this weekend. it's only for one season. and this time ted it had will play third -- tejada will play third base. tejada's former teammates say they're really happy he's coming back. and for the first time in their 43-year history the new orleans saints take home the n.f.c. championship, winning a trip to miami at this year's super bowl. it wasn't easy. they had to take it into overtime. the vikings never touched the ball in overtime and the 40-yard field goal by garrett hartley sends the saints to the super bowl to take on the indianapolis colts. keith mills will have more highlights later in the newscast. >> coming up, holding the highest office in the country doesn't protect you from being summoned for jury duty. >> plus an afternoon of fun t
do you think president obama needs to change his message in this week's state of the union address? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> turning to sports now. after trading to the astros, the orioles are bringing miguel tejada back to baltimore. the deal was announced saturday. that was welcomed news for those attending fanfest this weekend. it's only for one season. and this time ted it had will play third -- tejada will play third base. tejada's former teammates say...
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leadership was a focus in week fivef the oil spill. he's been using all public and with spare evidence that he waspparently consumed by the tragedy, the president took a more political role. he was under pressure from the right. here was georg bush's former press secretary. >> the ainistration is having to lie in the bed they made. they had pointed finge for years, especially on christina. chris: the president was playing catch-up and knewt. >> there shouldn't bany confusion here. the federal government is fully engaged and i'm fully engaged. chris: what was the -- whifles the president so late coming out in a press conrence on this major national tragedy? >> i thinkhat privately they were doing i want. he's a no-drama kind of guy. i think the enormity of this took him by spies -- surprise, ok a lot of pple in the adnistration by surprise. he's been saying some pretty toug stuff, un-obama-like stuff about b.p., still, this took a huge federal response. chris: why was@(he president so satisfied all these weeks of th strategy as this spi
leadership was a focus in week fivef the oil spill. he's been using all public and with spare evidence that he waspparently consumed by the tragedy, the president took a more political role. he was under pressure from the right. here was georg bush's former press secretary. >> the ainistration is having to lie in the bed they made. they had pointed finge for years, especially on christina. chris: the president was playing catch-up and knewt. >> there shouldn't bany confusion here....
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i heard this week that all obama has to do is say to mitt romney to the voters, he is on the far right. you don't want him. he is just like perry and the rest of them. is that convincing? >> no, because it doesn't stick with who romney is. >> exactly. he doesn't seem like a far right. >> he can't decide. is mitt romney a flip flomer or a tool of the tea party, not both. chris: chris cristi came around to mitt romney this week. what was amazing was his timing. hardly the first to notice that two days before he stood add that podium to endorse romney, "saturday night live" had this exit, he was pleading with republicans to like romney. >> listen up. you have to start showing governor romney some respect. i mean, how do you think he feels watching you like everybody more than i am. he is a nice man in a clean suit that wants to be president. where are your manners? it's like he took you to a fancy dinner and a nightclub and you spent the whole night grinding on the sweaty guy from new jersey. >> that's not the first time that those geniuses of "saturday night live" have mirrored political
i heard this week that all obama has to do is say to mitt romney to the voters, he is on the far right. you don't want him. he is just like perry and the rest of them. is that convincing? >> no, because it doesn't stick with who romney is. >> exactly. he doesn't seem like a far right. >> he can't decide. is mitt romney a flip flomer or a tool of the tea party, not both. chris: chris cristi came around to mitt romney this week. what was amazing was his timing. hardly the first...
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the problem that also applies to barack obama. >> -- this week though, potentially? >> potentially. >> -- is not going to be silent, also. >> -- take that on. because this is a big issue about whether president obama has measured up as a leader. i mean, there's real fears of national decline, a sense of the country's on the wrong track. this is a campaign about big things ultimately for voters. >> and the president is trying to respond to that. he's actually doing a video message to all of the democratic caucusgoers. he wants to be present in some fashion, so he is going to have democratic caucusing with presidential message by video. but the point is that he has not yet found a way. he has not found his voice. and they say that "the new york times" story is overwritten that he's running against congress. that has worked for him in the payroll tax fight but he still has to find that message for the state of the union, for whatever his next platform is going to be. that is obviously the next one. to tell people how the country can be better at a time where his only ec
the problem that also applies to barack obama. >> -- this week though, potentially? >> potentially. >> -- is not going to be silent, also. >> -- take that on. because this is a big issue about whether president obama has measured up as a leader. i mean, there's real fears of national decline, a sense of the country's on the wrong track. this is a campaign about big things ultimately for voters. >> and the president is trying to respond to that. he's actually doing...
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honor those killed and injured in the attacks last week. >> president obama leaves the white house for a trip like no other in his young presidency, traveling to texas on a mission of mercy and healing. family members of the fallen struggle to cope with their loss. >> she lost her brother in the attack. >> the only piece i do not have are about his last moments. i wonder -- was he scared? was he in pain? i know my brother. he was a scared of anything. he was not scared of going to war. with the soldiers around him at the end, thin-would be the way he wanted to go. >> more than two dozen were injured during the rampage. 13 were killed. as the healing process begins, the investigation continues. intelligence officials say the suspected gunman nidal hasan has traded more than two dozen e- mail's with al-awlaki. he is an al-qaeda supporter. investigators say the army was aware of the correspondence and that nidal hasan's e-mails were consistent with the research he was doing for an advanced degree and were in no way threatening. >> still in critical condition, nidal hasan has refused reque
honor those killed and injured in the attacks last week. >> president obama leaves the white house for a trip like no other in his young presidency, traveling to texas on a mission of mercy and healing. family members of the fallen struggle to cope with their loss. >> she lost her brother in the attack. >> the only piece i do not have are about his last moments. i wonder -- was he scared? was he in pain? i know my brother. he was a scared of anything. he was not scared of...
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what kind of week did president obama have in unveiling his campaign strategy? >> well, a good week. the more course the language between the republicans the more they lose as a brand for the party. it's the worst that i have seen in a while. it is. not as bad as van buren, they have not descended to that. sarah palin is an issue that goes to hearts. and the idea that brought immigrants to the shore, if you worked hard you could have a decent life and move up, people sense that that has been lost, and he said that's what he is going to fight for, fairness, because the system is rigged against ordinary people. >> joe, you talk about this all the time on "morning joe," the problems are so monumental, the politics seem small. is it a fair knock to say the american people are going to have to do with a lot less if we are going to get ourselves back on good financial footing? >> and this was bill clinton's 1996-1997 speech, and it's a great campaign speech. it's not a great governoring document. this is sort of depressing. if you look at the politics on both sides, r
what kind of week did president obama have in unveiling his campaign strategy? >> well, a good week. the more course the language between the republicans the more they lose as a brand for the party. it's the worst that i have seen in a while. it is. not as bad as van buren, they have not descended to that. sarah palin is an issue that goes to hearts. and the idea that brought immigrants to the shore, if you worked hard you could have a decent life and move up, people sense that that has...
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barely a week into his second term, president obama is preparing to dive into the contentious issue of immigration, with a major speech set for las vegas tuesday. the president is expected to push for improving border security you expanding the system for employers to verify their workers a legal status and perhaps most controversially, creating a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. >> we can't go on forever with 11 million people living in this country in the shadows in an illegal status. >> we are committed to a comprehensive approach to finally in this country have an immigration law that we can live with. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of six seine stores planning to unveil its immigration reform proposals this week. last november, president obama won more than 70% of the latino vote, a new political reality forcing some republicans to reconsider their past opposition. >> first of all, americans support it in poll after poll. secondly, latino voters expect t third, the democrats want it and fourth, republicans need it. >> reporter: senator marco rubio in a nevada newspaper
barely a week into his second term, president obama is preparing to dive into the contentious issue of immigration, with a major speech set for las vegas tuesday. the president is expected to push for improving border security you expanding the system for employers to verify their workers a legal status and perhaps most controversially, creating a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. >> we can't go on forever with 11 million people living in this country in the shadows in an...
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>> it is a rough week for democrats and for president obama. what is likely to happen now with health care reform? what are you hearing? >> well, that's the obvious question after the massachusetts results. i think the short answer is the white house is going to keep pushing, but the path is unclear. what is it they can get some agreement on when you have a different balance of power in the senate? it's just one vote, but enough to block that super majority which is where they were headed with the old legislation. so different ways you might do that. you might break the legislation apart, try to scale it down. it is simply unclear at this point, and it is not certain whether just having the house pass the senate bill is something they are likely to do. the house speaker nancy pelosi said she doesn't have the votes for it at this stage. so the president will have to repackage health care and sell it at a time when it is not very popular and is not topping the list of priorities for voters around the country. >> what does losing senator kennedy's
>> it is a rough week for democrats and for president obama. what is likely to happen now with health care reform? what are you hearing? >> well, that's the obvious question after the massachusetts results. i think the short answer is the white house is going to keep pushing, but the path is unclear. what is it they can get some agreement on when you have a different balance of power in the senate? it's just one vote, but enough to block that super majority which is where they were...